Murphy & Balding record big win in Canada Blond Me recorded a famous success for Andrew Balding and Oisin Murphy in the Grade One E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine in Canada. The five-year-old filly, who won the Middleton Stakes at York in May, was given a confident ride by Murphy - winning the second top-level event of his career after Aclaim in the Prix de la Foret last month - and swept into the straight full of running. It did not take her long to get the better of a brief duel with Kitten's Roar as she stayed on strongly, despite hanging marginally to her right. The Aidan O'Brien trained Rain Goddess was never able to get in any sort of blow, trailing in last under Ryan Moore. A massive result for Andrew Balding and Oisin Murphy - Blond Me wins the G1 E.P Taylor Stakes at @WoodbineRacing! pic.twitter.com/Soi25xs6Od— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 15, 2017
